Category: politics

CRESTVIEW — Like rush-hour State Road 85 traffic, receiving the final approval for a proposed connector road at the Crestview Corners shopping center has become a sit-and-wait situation.
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CRESTVIEW — Registered Democrat and Republican voters may vote early for the 15th Presidential Preference Primary.
Early voting is available from 10 a.m. to 6  p.m. Saturday, March 5 through Saturd…

CRESTVIEW — Allen Bell of Legacy Insurance in Crestview is hosting a two-hour meet and greet today with Mel Ponder, R-Destin.
The former Destin mayor is a candidate for the District 4 seat in the F…

A number of residents and public officials see the benefits of returning passenger rail to Crestview and neighboring communities, but only if changes are made to the old Amtrak model.
CRESTVIEW — A…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council has approved Crestview's newest business site construction plans.
Trident Hospitality Group has proposed constructing an 80-room, four-story Hampton Inn hotel on the ne…

CRESTVIEW — Friends, family and colleagues paid tribute Monday to retiring Library Director Jean Lewis at a special City Council meeting.
But, Lewis said, though she's retiring, neither the Crestvi…

SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Commission will discuss litigation strategy relating to allocation of costs to the Department of Juvenile Justice and secure juvenile detention during a March 1 executi…

Demolishing the Okaloosa County Courthouse and constructing a new one are just two parts of the project. Before work begins, multiple county offices must be temporarily relocated — and that's just on…

CRESTVIEW — Rail fans aren’t celebrating the return of Gulf Coast passenger train service quite yet, but with this week’s running of an Amtrak “inspection train” between New Orleans and Jacksonville,…

CRESTVIEW — Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites are open in Crestview to assist area residents who earned less than $52,000 in 2014.
You can use services to E-file by appointment or during walk-i…